g’/d’ b♭’/d’ b♭’/f#’ b’/f#’ b’/e’ a♭’/e’ a♭’/c’ g’/c’ a♭/c g/c g/d b♭/d b♭/f# b/f# b/e a♭/e (2008)
Category: Compositions
Chord Canons (On Seven Notes)
I. g”/c” c”/f’ a’/f’ e”/a’ e”/b’ d”/b’ g”/d” a/f e’/a e’/b d’/b g’/d’ g’/c’ c’/f II. b’/e’ b’/g’ … Continue reading Chord Canons (On Seven Notes)
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“Sequence, symmetry & simplicity”–my composer’s motto, 1996. 15 years later, inspiration strikes and the same schemes still seem sparkly.
Canon on Six Notes
Musical symmetry in the eponymous string quartet I wrote for my grandmother Madra, who would’ve been 105 this year: a”/d’ d”/f’ f”/c’ c”/g’ g”/e’ e”/a’ (1998)
Canon on Four Notes
This is as close to a personal musical symbol as I get: c’/f f’/d d’/g g’/c (1994)
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